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A VISION OF THE NEW WORLD (detail), Gouache on Paper, 8 x 12� framed 17 x 21�
Growing up in the area known as "Tornado Alley", gave me a healthy love and respect for the power and beauty of nature. As a child my Great-Grandmother would drag me to the storm cellar anytime there was a severe thunderstorm or tornado in the area. She had a fear of storms and told me many stories of the strange and deadly things she had seen them do in her life. I hope that some of the love and respect I have for nature comes through in my paintings. For me the act of painting is a "call of the wild". When I start a painting, there is a faith that it will be a good painting. There is a hope that people will respond to it. There is a belief that a spiritual connection will take place between the viewer and the painting. As a child, I can remember hearing many animal sounds at night. The sound of fish jumping and splashing, coyotes howling, bullfrogs croaking and insects whining. My paintings are a spiritual journey into those night sounds. The Midwest is my home. Many people have told me that my paintings have changed the way they look at the natural world. I am pleased they are able to revisit everyday images of nature and see them anew. As an artist, it is nice to know that your vision has changed the way people look at the world.
-MICHAEL NOLAND
UNDER A FALLING SKY Gouache on Paper 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
A VISION OF THE NEW WORLD Gouache on Paper 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
THE MIRACLE Gouache on Paper 12 x 8” framed 21 x 17”
LATE NIGHT BEAUTY Gouache on Paper 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
A NEW BEGINNING Gouache on Paper 12 x 8” framed 21 x 17”
THE GLOAMING Gouache on Paper 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
KING OF THE DESERT Gouache on Paper 12 x 8” framed 21 x 17”
THE KING OF THE NORTH Gouache on Paper 12 x 8” framed 21 x 17”
THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE Gouache on Paper 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
THE INFINITE JESTER Gouache on Paper 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
NIGHT DREAMER Gouache on Paper 12 x 8” framed 21 x 17”
THE MEXICAN DREAMER Gouache on Paper 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
THE LONG NIGHT Gouache on Paper 12 x 8” framed 21 x 17”
BLUE CHARGER Gouache on Paper 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
THE RELUCTANT SCHOLAR Gouache on Paper 12 x 8” framed 21 x 17”
MY FAVORITE ROOSTER Gouache on Paper 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
THE NIGHT KING Gouache on Paper 12 x 8” framed 21 x 17”
MONUMENT Gouache on Paper 12 x 8” framed 21 x 17”
THE GHOST BAT Gouache on Paper 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
AMAZING GRACE Gouache on Paper 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
KING BURLY Gouache on Paper 12 x 8” framed 21 x 17”
THE AWAKENING Gouache on Paper 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
VISION FROM THE DEEP Gouache on Paper 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
THE CAPE BRETON SPARKLER Gouache on Paper 12 x 8” framed 21 x 17”
THE MORNING FANCY Gouache on Paper 12 x 8” framed 21 x 17”
SHAMAN’S MASK Gouache on Paper 12 x 8” framed 21 x 17”
MICHAEL NOLAND Born:
1958 Wynnewood, Oklahoma
Education: 1982 1980
MFA The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH BA Cameron University, Lawton, OK
One Person Exhibitions: 2018 2017 2014 2012 2011 2008 2007 2007 2006 2006 2003 2002 1998 1997 1996 1996 1994 1992 1991 1990 1988 1984
Under A Falling Sky, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI A Map of the World, OSU Gallery, Lima, OH American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY After The Garden, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL Union League of Chicago, Chicago, IL Retrospective, South Shore Arts, Munster, IN Lakeside Gallery (West), Michigan City, IN Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, Mo The Call of The Wild, Gescheidle, Chicago, IL Leaps of Faith, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Postcards From a Native Son, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL Postcards From the Edge, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Ground Zero Gallery, Milligan College, Johnson City, TN Instant Karma, Harris Gallery, Houston, TX Storms of Life, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL Harris Gallery, Houston, TX Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL Ohio Gallery, Columbus, OH
Group Exhibitions: 2017
The Salon Show, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2016
Artist Selects 2016, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN Surreal…So Real, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Wallflowers, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2015
Biological Clocks: Transience and Illusion, American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY Ruth, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL The Salon Show, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Animal Dreams: Of the Earth, Water, Sky and Imagination, ArtStart, Rheinlander, WI Lands Beyond: Otherworldly Landscapes and Visionary Topographies, Curated by Tom Patterson, Loft Gallery, Highlands, NC
2013
The Beast Within – Images of Animals In Tattoo and Contemporary Art, Curated by Fred Stonehouse, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwuakee, WI Vice + Virtue, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL The Exquisite Menagerie, Recent Work by Michael Noland, Betsy Youngquist and Lauren Levato, Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford, IL 25th Anniversary Show, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2012
Far Out 2012, Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011
Animal Instinct, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wi Krampus Show, Curly Tale Fine Art, Chicago, IL
2010
Outside Influences – Mike Noland and Fred Stonehouse, The Gallery at The University of Texas – Arlington, TX Selected Works By Gallery Artists, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2009
When Animals Talk, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Chicago Imagist Works On Paper, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI The Blab Show, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA The Hairy Who and Imagist Legacy in Contemporary Art, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
2008
20th Anniversary Show, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 40 Artists: Small Scale, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO Landscape Show, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO 40 Years & Counting, Cameron University, Art Gallery, Lawton, OK
2007
Sixteen Small Paintings, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO The Art Zoo, Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI Circus Act Suspending Disbelief, H. F. Johnson Gallery Of Art, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
2006
Tooth & Claw, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Summer In The City, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2005
Diabolique: Images Of The Devil in Contemporary Art, Walkers Point Center For The Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2004
The Reflected/Refracted Self, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL Time Travel - Truth, Beauty and Justice, 25th Anniversary Show, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL The Artist As Collector, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN Keny Galleries Presents, An Exhibition of Select Contemporary Artists, Columbus, OH
2003
The Exquisite Snake, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL Contemporary Art and Outsider Art: Affinities, Keny Galleries, Columbus, OH
2002
The Elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI
2001
Smaller...But Smaller Than Expected, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Small Celebrations, Tory Folliard Gallery, Miwaukee, WI
2000
Strange Presences, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1999
Bright, Bold and Beaded, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1998
Portfolio 98, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997
Portfolio 97, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996
The Landscape and Beyond: An Interpretive Vision, Phyllis Bramson, Bill Cass, Michael Noland and Fred Stonehouse, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI The Spirit of the Landscape, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1993
Places of the Heart, Expressionism in Contemporary Landscape Art, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Visceral Landscapes, Travel Without Boundaries, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992
The Refigured Image, The Convergence of Message and Image in Contemporary Painting in the 90's, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991
Buy/Low, Prairie Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990
Anxious Nature, Five Painters-Lynn Hurst, Dennis Keogh, Sioux Lawton, Michael Noland, Susanne Slavick, Gallery of the Department of Art & Art History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1989
89 For '89, Group Show, G. W. Einstein Gallery, New York, NY The Refrigerator Door Show, The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
1988
Drawing Our Own Conclusions, The Fort Hayes Career Center, Columbus, OH The Time of the American Farm, The Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1984
Landscape '84, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH The Figure: Contemporary Visions - Georg Heimdal and Michael Noland, The Ohio State University at Newark Gallery, Newark, OH
1982
Disclosures: Four Young Painters - Michael Noland, Nancy Vangas, Nick Blosser, Rod Bouc, The Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, OH 72nd Annual Columbus Art League Show, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Published on the occassion of the exhibition
March 24 – April 14, 2018
Copyright ©Tor y Folliard Galler y, 2018 Design by Jeff Townsend Cover: UNDER A FALLING SKY, Gouache on Paper, 8 x 12” framed 17 x 21”
TORY FOLLIARD GALLERY 233 N. MILWAUKEE ST. MILWAUKEE, WI 53202 ∙ (414) 273-7311
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TORY FOLLIARD GALLERY 233 N. MILWAUKEE ST. MILWAUKEE, WI 53202 ∙ (414) 273-7311
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